Features of Damage to the Head and Spine

Abstract

A forensic medical examination of 82 corpses, persons who died as a result of falls from a height. The victims are aged from 16 to 66 years. It was found that the set of injuries in persons affected by falls from a height differ in severity and is characterized by the formation of most often (80.5%) CT more than two parts of the body. TBI (68.5%) and PSMI (30.5%), as well as damage to the bones of the extremities and their structure (30.1%), predominate in the composition of CT when falling from a height.

When falling from a height, TBI is accompanied by multiple fractures of the bones of the vault and the base of the skull, which indicate that they occur when falling with a landing on the head. PSMTS covered all parts of the spine and they often had a compression character, resulting from falls on the legs. Of the forearm and femur bones were relatively more frequent, and fractures of the humerus (right) and lower leg bones (left) were relatively less frequent. The nature of fractures of the femur and lower leg bones indicated their formation when falling on the legs.

These data can be taken into account to establish the mechanogenesis of мultiple injuriesin conditions where they are not obvious.